Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 56

           Cominguppresentlytothefrontroomonthegroundfloorshetookupsomesewing,waitingforherlodgerstoringthatshemighttakeawaythebreakfast,whichshemeanttodoherself,todiscoverwhatwasthematterifpossible.Overhead,asshesat,shecouldnowhearthefloorboardsslightlycreak,asifsomeonewerewalkingabout,andpresentlythemovementwasexplainedbytherustleofgarmentsagainstthebanisters,theopeningandtheclosingofthefrontdoor,andtheformofTesspassingtothegateonherwayintothestreet.Shewasfullydressednowinthewalkingcostumeofawell-to-doyoungladyinwhichshehadarrived,withthesoleadditionthatoverherhatandblackfeathersaveilwasdrawn.

           MrsBrookshadnotbeenabletocatchanywordoffarewell,temporaryorotherwise,betweenhertenantsatthedoorabove.Theymighthavequarrelled,orMrd’Urbervillemightstillbeasleep,forhewasnotanearlyriser.

           Shewentintothebackroomwhichwasmoreespeciallyherownapartment,andcontinuedhersewingthere.Theladylodgerdidnotreturn,nordidthegentlemanringhisbell.MrsBrooksponderedonthedelay,andonwhatprobablerelationthevisitorwhohadcalledsoearlyboretothecoupleupstairs.Inreflectingsheleantbackinherchair.

           Asshedidsohereyesglancedcasuallyovertheceilingtilltheywerearrestedbyaspotinthemiddleofitswhitesurfacewhichshehadnevernoticedtherebefore.

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